A learned woman is thought to be a comet, that bodes mischief whenever it appears. — Bathsua Makin Copy Share Image
In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
You get to have some mischief before you're basically a blackened banana, impotent, and nothing to be afraid of. — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“We have all at one time been stranded on islands shouting lies across the seas of misunderstanding, hoping the fog will carry… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
When I meet gay men anywhere in the world, there is a spontaneity and a spirit of fun and mischief that lesbians… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you, and the less phony he is; the more powerful he… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it… — Sharon Gless Copy Share Image
If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot… — Bible Copy Share Image
History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr Copy Share Image
The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Do you know why Satan is so angry all the time? Because whenever he works a particularly clever bit of mischief God… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
Growing up as a kid, I wanted to be a ninja. In martial arts, even though I did Chinese kung fu, I… — Ray Park Copy Share Image
“Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do'...He might have written with as much truth, 'Satan finds some mischief for… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“It would be futile to delude ourselves that at present, readers find every pathography unsavory. This attitude is excused with the reproach… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I don't remember ever being see-saw, when I'd made my mind up that a thing was wrong. It takes the taste out… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
A pure Democracy, by which I mean a Society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the Government… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Faeries are fallen angels," said Dorothea, "cast down out of heaven for their pride." "That's the legend," Jace said. "It's also said… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles, from the desperate to the sheepish;… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
